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Of a Feather Hardcover – February 9, 2021

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"A perfect tale of outcasts, friendship, falconry, and the families we create.”--Tui T. Sutherland, New York Times bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series

In the vein of Barbara O’Connor’s Wish, a moving, poignant story told in alternating perspectives about a down-on-her-luck girl who rescues a baby owl, and how the two set each other free.

Great horned owl Rufus is eight months old and still can’t hunt. When his mother is hit by a car, he discovers just how dangerous the forest can be.

Reenie has given up on adults and learned how to care for herself—a good thing, since she’s sent to live with an aunt she’s never met. Yet this aunt has a wonderful secret: she’s a falconer who agrees to help Reenie catch an injured passage hawk in the wild and rehabilitate it.

When Reenie traps bedraggled Rufus, his eyes lock onto her heart, and they form a powerful friendship. But can Rufus learn to trust in the outside world and fly free? And can Reenie open her heart enough to truly soar?
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"Set in Vermont, the story is fleshed out by thought-provoking forays into the ethics of hunting and the powerlessness of children in determining their home lives....Unusual and poignant—full of the depth and contradictions of life."—Kirkus  "A tender tale that reminds readers that families come in all forms and that the greatest rewards come from opening oneself to all that life has to offer."—Booklist "A compelling narrative of coping, loss, and learning to trust."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books “Dayna writes the inner thoughts of animals better than anyone I know, and I’m sure readers are going to fall in love with Rufus the fierce and lovable great horned owl, just like I did! This sweet, funny story of a prickly girl and the owl she helps rescue is a perfect tale of outcasts, friendship, falconry, and the families we create.”—Tui T. Sutherland, New York Times bestselling author of the Wings of Fire series "I love this story of falconry, family, and finding your way in a big, scary world. Reenie and Rufus absolutely stole my heart!" —Kate Messner, author of Chirp and the Ranger in Time series —

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Dayna Lorentz is the author of Of a Feather, the Dogs of the Drowned City trilogy, and the No Safety in Numbers trilogy. She has worked in and around the foster care system, most recently as a law clerk in the Vermont family courts, but she only just started exploring the sport of falconry. Dayna lives in Vermont with her husband and two children.
 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books (February 9, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0358283531
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0358283539
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 - 12 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.11 x 8.25 inches
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Dayna Lorentz is the author of the middle grade novels Wayward Creatures and Of a Feather (Clarion Books/HarperCollins Children's), the No Safety in Numbers trilogy (Speak/Penguin Random House) and the Dogs of the Drowned City series (Scholastic). She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Bennington College. Dayna is a staff attorney with the Vermont Judiciary and lives with her husband, two kids, and two cats in Vermont. If you ask nicely, she will show you the proper way to eat a cupcake. Visit her at www.daynalorentz.com and NoSafetyinNumbersBooks.com.

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Customers enjoy the story. They find it wonderful and rousing, with events that young adults can reflect on. The story also explores friendship, family, and falconry.

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Great book about the complexities of family
This was such a great story featuring a unique young girl Reenie, and Rufus, a great horned owl she and her aunt rehabilitate. Of a Feather features a subject that I find quite interesting – falconry. In addition to being a falconer, Reenie’s aunt is also able to rehabilitate injured birds of prey. While Reenie and her aunt had their hopes set on rehabilitating a passage hawk over the winter they wound up with Rufus – a great horned owl who isn’t doing quite so great on his own in the wild.The family dynamic in this book is both heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once. As a result of her situation, Reenie has become more mature than most children her age. Bit by bit her aunt, her newly found friends and Rufus himself chip away at the armor she’s created to protect herself. The friendships that Reenie unexpectedly forges bring light to the fact that you don’t always know what someone’s life is like based solely on appearances. This book was definitely worthy of a “who saved who” sticker and I just love tales like this.The chapters told from Rufus’ perspective are comical and lighthearted but still draw from the dangers that fierce birds of prey face in today’s world. I thoroughly enjoyed the dialogue between Rufus and Red the hawk. We also see Rufus struggle with becoming content in the safety of rehabilitation and his desire to return to the wild – finally the great horned owl he was always meant to be.Of a Feather is a beautiful middle-grade book about found family, tough subjects for kids, and being brave enough to trust others. I would highly recommend this book to readers who enjoy birds, falconry, rehabilitation/rescue, found family, middle grade, and tough subjects for kids to process (divorce, unavailable parents, depression, and anxiety). This is one book that I will be saving in hopes of sharing it with my daughter once she is old enough to read it. I would like to thank Amazon Vine and HMH Books for Young Readers for the opportunity to read a gifted copy of this book – all opinions are my own.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2022
    This is a rousing story of friendship, family & falconry. Prepare yourself to meet a young girl named Reenie & a young Great Horned Owl named Rufus. The reader will quickly notice that Reenie & Rufus take turns narrating the chapters in this wonderful story.
    Rufus is only eight months old and still can’t hunt when his entire world crumbles around him. His Mom – who was teaching him to hunt – was hit by a car & taken far away. After losing his Mom, Rufus quickly learned just how perilous the surrounding forest could be.
    After a tough childhood, young Reenie has just about given up on the adults around her. At a pretty young age, she learned how to take care of herself. Poor Reenie really hasn’t had the easiest life – her Mom deals with a deep sadness & sometimes needs to get treatment, from the hospital. While Reenie’s Mom is away, she lives with her Gram and her Gram’s boyfriend. After an incident at her Gram’s house, Reenie gets sent to live with an aunt whom she’s never met.
    However, this aunt has a delightful secret: she’s a falconer. When Reenie first meets her Aunt Bea’s red tailed hawk: Red – something magical happens inside herself. Soon Reenie becomes utterly fascinated with everything to do with falconry. Her Aunt Bea agrees to help Reenie catch a passage hawk in the wild & then Reenie will train it herself.
    Then Reenie ends up trapping an injured Rufus instead. When their eyes first meet, they instantly form a pretty powerful friendship. While Reenie is helping to rehabilitate Rufus, she discovers for the first time in her life a “real” home, family and friends. Very slowly Reenie starts to let down her guard, only to be torn apart when her Mom gets well enough to leave the hospital. Part of Reenie wants to live with her Mom, but another part doesn’t want to lose her new life.
    Will Reenie find the courage open up her heart enough to fly high? Will Rufus learn how to be a true wild owl and once again live in the forest?
    To find out what happens with Reenie and Rufus – grab of a copy of this marvelous story right away.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2024
    Great story to help students learn empathy for children who do not have the best home life. My students were not liking the way the main character was treating others but as the story progresses, they learned why she was acting the way she was. Great story!
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2020
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    From the opening pages of Dayna Lorentz's middle-grade novel "Of a Feather," you can't help but fall in love with her two central characters, a necessarily self-reliant young girl named Reenie and a six-month-old Great Horned Owl named Rufus, whose parallel lives are vibrantly brought to life in a sort of back-and-forth fashion by the Vermont native Lorentz.

    We first meet Rufus, an underperforming six-month-old soon-to-be master of the forest whose elder sister has already mastered independence while Rufus is struggling to prove his prowess as one of the forest's most feared predators. When tragedy befalls him and his weary but still protective mother is hit by a car, he discovers just how dangerous the forest can be.

    Reenie's learning her own lessons that life in the real world is rather scary, lessons earned largely from her own experiences growing up in a home with a mentally ill mother and her own placement in-and-out of foster homes while her mother goes through yet another hospitalization. Her mother's latest placement may prove to be her last shot at parenthood, Reenie's placement being with an aunt she's never met but who has a rather wonderful secret that instantly enchants the young girl who is seemingly desperate to connect with anyone or anything.

    As you've likely already guessed, "Of a Feather" becomes the story of the relationship that grows between Reenie and Rufus, two living beings "of a feather" who learn to grow together while also learning the pros and cons of their independence. "Of a Feather" is almost instantly immersive, Lorentz's writing taking a potentially misguided concept, portraying the inner-thoughts of an owl, and brings it beautifully to life in a way that will likely have children everywhere rushing to learn all they can about birds and, most especially, owls.

    As someone who already loves owls and kids, I was in love with "Of a Feather" from beginning to end while also being able to acknowledge that the book's storyline is rather simple and straightforward and the obligatory conflict that will have to come can be seen from a mile away and is handled, I'd dare say, just a wee bit clumsily.

    Truthfully, though, I loved the simplicity of "Of a Feather." So many writers feel the need to fill their stories with unnecessary histrionics and story threads that don't go anywhere. That's not here. Not at all. Every character whom Lorentz brings to the forefront has a rather sacred purpose here, from Reenie and Rufus being obviously central to the story to delightful souls like Aunt Bea, a delightful falcon named Red, and two potential friends for Reenie, Jaxon and Jamie. Reenie's mother is handled with dignity yet also rather honestly, while "Of a Feather" also deals with quiet honesty about the consequences even the best intentions may have when rules are broken along the way.

    Minor flaws aside, I loved every moment of this engaging, good-hearted, and spirited novel due for release in 2021 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers.

    This sweet book captured my emotions, laughter and tears flowed freely, and I lamented the ending that arrived much too early as I was fully willing to continue spending time with these characters.

    In addition to being immersed in an engaging story, you'll learn about owls, falconry, animal rehabilitation, and the world where children often very little, if any, power to determine the course of their own lives. Lorentz, who has worked in and around the foster care system, clearly has done her research and knows how to bring these worlds to life in a special way.

    "Of a Feather" is most certainly a special middle-grade novel that I'd wholeheartedly recommend to the animal loving middle-grade reader in your family or foster family. You'll love these characters, their stories, and the way that Dayna Lorentz brings their stories to life and ultimately sends them down their own paths in a way that makes sense and warms the heart.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2021
    This book is a must-read for kids, but also adults! Very well written and entertaining, and you’ll learn a lot about falconry and owls!!
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2021
    This book is terrific for young adults. It reflects a series of events that young adults can reflect on and add value to there current experiences in a positive way.
  • Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021
    this was one of my favorite books and it is super funny and definitely worth reading. It is a wonderful book for both kids and adults, anyone will be sure to love it!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2021
    Bought this book for my 8 year old grandson and he’s loving it! Told me all about it on our last visit! 1/2 way through now.
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2024
    The novel, Of a Feather, written by Dayna Lorentz was just an okay book. One of the downsides was the plot. The plot was very predictable, and you could easily guess what would come next. Also, some of the characters were not very developed and the reader only gets to know them as school students. Some of the pros are the alternating points of view and the cute cover. It's a good book about animals and their human connections.